# Virgin and Child in a Chamber

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CHRISTUS, Petrus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Panel, 70 x 51 cm

## Commentary

Clarity of space and soft tonalities characterize this painting of the Virgin and Child in a Chamber. Laid out with a precise perspective, the room telescopes in well-marked boxes: the furthest, with St Joseph entering through an open court, is flooded with light; in the lofty foreground bedchamber, where Mary and the Child appear resting before an open window, the light is modulated in soft tones of brown and gray, giving it a simple cubistic appearance uncluttered by objects and details in bright local colour.

## Related artworks

- [A Donator](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/a-donator-r08012da634dd77>)
- [Annunciation and Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/annunciation-and-nativity-rc65c2324d48775>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/annunciation-rbd66c11c7e6510>)
- [Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/death-of-the-virgin-r0bbb6608763858>)
- [Isabel of Portugal with St Elizabeth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/isabel-of-portugal-with-st-elizabeth-re3d993e3bbb8fe>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/madonna-and-child-rd551a6c88e7801>)
- [Madonna \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/madonna-detail-r898afc18afd898>)
- [Madonna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/madonna-ra8d341229ea92b>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/nativity-rf56fd1ba664bd6>)
- [Portrait of a Man with a Falcon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/portrait-of-a-man-with-a-falcon-ra83728b34cf032>)
- [Portrait of a Young Girl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/portrait-of-a-young-girl-r375ea852180c96>)
- [Portrait of a Young Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/christus-petrus-ref6cae7477bfb3/portrait-of-a-young-man-r2aac757ff2dd9c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)